Can a urologic nurse contribute to management of secondary impotence in an office setting?
A practicing urologist with a properly trained nurse can form a dual (male, female) sex therapy team. We have found that such a team will improve sexual history-taking from both partners, provide a more holistic approach to patient management, help avoid certain misdiagnoses, and improve case selection for penile surgery. A nurse can assist with the workup, preoperative and postoperative care, counseling, and if so trained, the actual surgery.
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Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
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D007172:Erectile Dysfunction / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008487:Medical History Taking; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009818:Office Nursing; D012731:Sex Counseling; D012747:Sexual Partners